On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:50:16 +0100, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:49:04PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: >> I thought that we (gentoo devs) were trying to split the modules from >> ebuilds, >> so that people don't need to waste time with userland when rebuilding >> modules >> after kernel update. > > We are. At least that's the policy suggested by the kernel herd. This > policy also allows applying securiy/bug fixes to kernel modules > without forcing users to recompile the userland part and vice versa. > > Regards, > Brix
Thanks all for the feedback. It's important to realize that "userland" in this case is under 1 minute compile time. One of the modules, glx, doesn't even get compiled. A poster on this thread noted that glx took 14 seconds -- it just copies closed source libraries. Sometimes one can go overboard trying to modularize and perfect an installation process. Look at the user list and see how many problems some "enhancements" cause -- keyword changes, use variables, etc.! Here, the intent is to simplify things, remove steps and ebuilds, and make it more user friendly and require less interaction. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
